Motor and blower

ABSTRACT

A motor of which vibration is unlikely to be transmitted to a motor housing is provided by providing a vibration-proof structure with respect to a stator, a rotor, and bearing in the motor housing. A stator core 2a is integrally assembled with an elastic member 3 interposed between the stator core and an inner wall surface of the motor housing 1b in a radial direction and bearing housings 4a, 4b are integrally assembled from both ends of the stator core 2a in an axial direction with respect to a center hole surrounded by pole teeth 2e protruding inward of the stator core 2a in the radial direction.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority of the prior Japanese Patent Application No. 2017-018694, filed on Feb. 3, 2017, and the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a motor used for continuous positive airway press (CPAP), for example, and a blower including the motor.

BACKGROUND ART

As components constituting the motor, there are a rotor, a stator, a bearing, a motor housing, and the like. For example, in an inner rotor type motor, an outer diameter portion of a stator core of the stator is fixed to the motor housing. In addition, the rotor is rotatably supported to the motor housing via a bearing component.

In such a motor structure, both vibration caused by a magnetic attraction force of the stator and the rotor and vibration related to the rotor and the bearing are transmitted to the motor housing. In addition, the vibration transmitted to the motor housing increases as a rotational speed of the motor increases.

As a countermeasure to this problem, the assembled motor is subjected to vibration-proof measures such as wrapping or hanging with elastic components or the like and then is assembled into a product. For example, in order to suppress a creep phenomenon of the bearing supporting the rotor, a tubular cap made of an elastic body is mounted on an outer peripheral portion of a ball bearing fitted in the ball housing provided with a through hole. A protrusion corresponding to the through hole is provided on an inner peripheral surface of the cap. A technique of suppressing the rotation of an outer ring by fitting the protrusion into the through hole at the outer peripheral portion of the ball housing to mount the cap such that the protrusion presses the outer ring of the ball bearing is proposed (see PTL 1: JP-A-2003-250245).

SUMMARY OF INVENTION Technical Problem

If the motor described above is provided with vibration-proof measures, when the motor is wrapped with an elastic component, the outer diameter of the motor and the blower for assembling the motor becomes large, and if the motor is hung with an elastic component, the product shape becomes large since a space for vibration-proof is required.

In addition, in PTL 1, since a cap made of an elastic body is mounted on the outer peripheral portion of the ball housing, although the vibration between the rotor and the bearing is attenuated to some extent, the driving between the stator and the rotor is transmitted to the motor housing (bracket) and thus is likely to be noisy.

Solution to Problem

The present invention has been made to solve these problems and an object thereof is to provide a motor of which vibration is unlikely to be transmitted to a motor housing and a blower which is provided with the motor and realizes the noise reduction by providing a vibration-proof structure between a stator, a rotor, and a bearing in the motor housing.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has the following configurations.

There is provided a motor including: a motor housing; a stator that has a stator core integrally assembled in the motor housing; a bearing housing that is concentrically disposed in a center hole of the stator core, is integrally assembled with the stator core, and has a tubular shape; and a rotor in which a rotor shaft is rotatably supported via a bearing inserted into the bearing housing, in which the stator core is integrally assembled to the motor housing with an elastic member interposed therebetween in a radial direction, in which the bearing housings are integrally assembled from both ends of the stator core in an axial direction with respect to a center hole surrounded by pole teeth protruding inward of the stator core in the radial direction.

According to the above configuration, since the stator core, the bearing, and the bearing housing are integrally fixed and the elastic member is interposed between the stator core and the motor housing and installed, by providing vibration-proof structure with respect to the stator assembled in the motor housing and the rotor rotatably supported by the stator, vibration of the motor is unlikely to be transmitted to the motor housing.

It is preferable that the bearing housing is integrally assembled from both ends of the stator core with respect to the center hole surrounded by the pole teeth protruding inward of the stator core in the radial direction. Accordingly, since the bearing housing is integrally assembled with the stator core instead of the motor housing, vibration is unlikely to be transmitted directly from the bearing to the motor housing.

The bearing housing and the bearing may be assembled to each other with the elastic member interposed therebetween in the axial direction.

Accordingly, pre-load can be applied to the bearings rotating at high speed to lengthen the service life thereof.

As the elastic member, although there are a wave washer, a leaf spring, a disc spring, a coil spring and the like, in the elastic member for CPAP using a small ball bearing at high-speed rotation, it is more preferable that the coil spring is compressed to be shorter than a natural length thereof and interposed because it gives less variation in the pre-load than that the wave washer gives and therefore load can be stably applied in the axial direction.

There is provided a blower including: a blowing path that is formed by integrally assembling the motor housing of the motor described above and a blower housing; and an impeller that is integrally assembled with the rotor shaft extending through the blower housing, in which vibration of the motor housing is less likely to be transmitted to the blower housing, and therefore noise reduction can be realized.

Advantageous Effects of Invention

By providing the vibration-proof structure with respect to the stator assembled in the motor housing and the rotor rotatably supported by the stator, it is possible to provide a motor in which the vibration of the motor is less likely to be transmitted to the motor housing.

In addition, since the motor housing is unlikely to be vibrated, it is difficult for the vibration to be transmitted to the blower housing so that it is possible to provide a blower that realizes noise reduction.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a motor.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a blower.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

Hereinafter, one embodiment of a motor and a blower according to the invention will be described with reference to the attached drawings. First, a schematic configuration of a motor will be described with reference to FIG. 1. As the motor, a DC brushless motor is used, and in this example, an inner rotor type motor is used.

As illustrated in FIG. 1, a motor housing 1 is integrally assembled by combining a first motor housing 1 a and a second motor housing 1 b and screwing a bolt (not illustrated) into threaded holes 1 c, 1 d communicating with each other. As the motor housing 1, stainless steel (SUS), aluminum material, or the like is used.

The stator 2 is assembled in the motor housing 1. The stator 2 includes a stator core 2 a, an insulator 2 b which covers both end surfaces of the stator core 2 a, and a coil 2 c which has a magnet wire wound around pole teeth 2 e via the insulator 2 b. As the stator core 2 a, a laminated core is used in which a plurality of electromagnetic steel plates are laminated and caulked. In the stator core 2 a, a plurality of pole teeth 2 e are formed inward from an annular core back portion 2 d in the radial direction. The stator core 2 a is integrally fixed to an inner wall surface of the second motor housing 1 b with the elastic member 3 interposed between an outer peripheral surface of the core back portion 2 d and the stator core. As the elastic member 3, a rubber sheet, an elastomeric resin or the like is used.

This makes it difficult for the vibration between the stator 2 and the rotor 6 to be transmitted to the motor housing 1.

In addition, a pair of bearing housings 4 a, 4 b formed in a tubular shape are fixed by press-fitting or adhesion from both end surfaces in the center hole 2 f surrounded by the pole teeth 2 e protruding inward of the stator core 2 a in the radial direction. Since a non-magnetic metal material (for example, aluminum, non-magnetic stainless steel, or the like) is used for the bearing housings 4 a, 4 b and the bearing housings 4 a, 4 b is press-fitted to a magnetic flux acting surface of each pole tooth 2 e, the press-fitting amount thereof is adjusted to the minimum necessary. If the press-fitting amount of the bearing housings 4 a, 4 b to the stator core 2 a increases and thus the magnetic flux generated on the magnetic flux acting surface of the pole teeth 2 e is disturbed, eddy currents are generated and the motor performance may be deteriorated. Bearings 5 a, 5 b (ball bearings) are inserted into the cylindrical holes of the bearing housings 4 a, 4 b, respectively, and the inner and outer rings are adhered and fixed.

In the rotor 6, a rotor shaft 7 is rotatably supported via the bearings 5 a, 5 b inserted in the bearing housings 4 a, 4 b. A wave washer 8 a (elastic member) is interposed between the bearing housing 4 a and the bearing 5 a. Accordingly, a pre-load can be applied to the bearings 5 a, 5 b rotating at a high speed to lengthen the service life thereof. In place of the wave washer 8 a, although a leaf spring, a disc spring or the like may be used, in a case of CPAP using a small ball bearing at high-speed rotation, it is more preferable that the coil spring 8 b (see FIG. 2) is compressed to be shorter than a natural length thereof and interposed therebetween because it gives less variation in the pre-load than that the wave washer 8 a gives and therefore load can be stably applied in the axial direction.

A rotor magnet 9 is concentrically assembled to the rotor shaft 7. The rotor shaft 7 is inserted into the bearings 5 a, 5 b assembled to the bearing housings 4 a, 4 b, and the rotor magnet 9 is disposed facing the pole teeth 2 e of the stator core 2 a and assembled. Spacers 10 a, 10 b are provided between the rotor magnet 9 and the bearings 5 a, 5 b.

In addition, one end of the rotor shaft 7 extends to the outside from the first motor housing 1 a and serves as an output side. In addition, a sensor magnet 11 and a balancer 12 are integrally assembled to the other end of the rotor shaft 7 on the side of the second motor housing 1 b. The sensor magnet 11 detects a rotor magnetic pole position and is magnetized in the same phase as the rotor magnet 9 in the peripheral direction. The balancer 12 is used as a back yoke of the sensor magnet 11 or as a counterbalance correcting material of an impeller described below.

A motor substrate 13 provided with a motor drive circuit is supported on the insulator 2 b. A lead wire drawn from the coil 2 c is connected to the motor substrate 13. In addition, a magnetic pole detection sensor 14 (Hall IC or the like) is provided on the surface of the motor substrate 13 facing the sensor magnet 11. By detecting the magnetic pole position of the sensor magnet 11 with the magnetic pole detection sensor 14, the rotational position of the rotor magnet 9 is detected and the direction of current flow to the coil 2 c is switched.

As described above, the stator core 2 a is integrally assembled to an inner wall surface of the second motor housing 1 b via the elastic member 3 in the radial direction, the rotor shaft 7 is integrally assembled in the bearing housing 4 a via the bearing 5 a, and the rotor 6 is rotatably supported between the bearing 5 a and the bearing housing 4 a via the wave washer 8 a (elastic member) in the axial direction.

According to the above configuration, since the stator core 2 a, the bearing 5 a, and the bearing housing 4 a are integrally fixed and the elastic member 3 is interposed between the stator core 2 a and the second motor housing 1 b and assembled, by providing the vibration-proof structure with respect to the stator 2 assembled in the motor housing 1 and the rotor 6 rotatably supported by the stator 2, vibration of the motor can be unlikely to be transmitted to the motor housing 1.

FIG. 2 illustrates a configuration example of a blower 15 provided with a motor M similar to FIG. 1. Since the internal structure of the motor M is the same as that illustrated in FIG. 1, different configurations will be mainly described. The blower 15 is supposed to be a blower for CPAP.

A motor M is accommodated in the motor housing 16 (first motor housing 16 a and second motor housing 16 b). Alternatively, an impeller 18 is accommodated in a blower chamber 20 surrounded by the first motor housing 16 a and the blower housing 17. Curved recessed grooves are respectively formed on the outer peripheral side of the blower housing 17 and the motor housing 16 (first motor housing 16 a and second motor housing 16 b) and an annular air blowing path 19 is formed by combining the recessed grooves. A suction port 17 a for adsorbing the fluid in the axial direction is formed in a central portion of the blower housing 17 and the fluid is pressurized in the circumferential direction by the impeller 18 so as to circulate around the air blowing path 19 and is discharged.

The stator core 2 a has an elastic member 3 interposed between the outer peripheral surface of the core back portion 2 d and the inner wall surface of the second motor housing 16 b so that the stator core 2 a is interposed between the end surfaces of the second motor housing 16 b and the first motor housing 16 a which faces each other and fixed integrally. Accordingly, the vibration between the stator 2 and the rotor 6 can be unlikely to be transmitted to the motor housing 16.

In addition, a coil spring 8 b (elastic member) is interposed between the bearing housing 4 a and the bearing 5 a in a state of being compressed to be shorter than a natural length thereof. Accordingly, it is possible to extend the service life thereof by applying a stable pre-load to the bearings 5 a, 5 b rotating at a high speed (because variation in applied pre-load is small).

Therefore, by providing the vibration-proof structure with respect to the stator 2 assembled in the motor housing 16 and the rotor 6 rotatably supported by the stator 2, the vibration of the motor M can be unlikely to be transmitted to the motor housing 16.

The impeller 18 is assembled to one end of the rotor shaft 7 which extends outward from the first motor housing 16 a and enters the blower chamber 20 side. In addition, the sensor magnet 11 and the balancer 12 are integrally assembled to the other end of the rotor shaft 7 in the second motor housing 16 b. The balancer 12 is the back yoke of the sensor magnet 11 and functions as a counterweight of the impeller 18.

When the motor M is started, the impeller 18 of the blower 15 is rotated, and the fluid adsorbed from the suction port 17 a into the blower housing 17 in the axial direction by the rotation of the impeller 18 circulates the air blowing path 19, is pressurized, and compressed air is delivered from the discharge port (not illustrated).

According to the configuration described above, since the vibration of the motor housing 16 can be reduced, vibration is unlikely to be transmitted to the blower housing 17 and noise reduction can be realized.

Although the example has been described using the inner rotor type motor, if the stator core can be integrally assembled with the elastic member interposed between the stator core and the outer wall surface of the motor housing (bearing housing) in a radial direction, outer rotor type motors can also be applied. 

What is claimed is:
 1. A motor comprising: a motor housing; a stator that has a stator core integrally assembled in the motor housing; a bearing housing that is concentrically disposed in a center hole of the stator core, is integrally assembled with the stator core, and has a tubular shape; and a rotor in which a rotor shaft is rotatably supported via a bearing inserted into the bearing housing, wherein the stator core is integrally assembled to the motor housing with an elastic member interposed therebetween in a radial direction, and wherein the bearing housing is integrally assembled from both ends of the stator core in an axial direction with respect to a center hole surrounded by pole teeth protruding inward of the stator core in the radial direction.
 2. The motor according to claim 1, wherein the bearing housing and the bearing in the axial direction are assembled to each other with an elastic member interposed therebetween.
 3. A blower comprising: a blowing path that is formed by integrally assembling the motor housing of the motor according to claim 1 and a blowing housing; and an impeller that is integrally assembled with the rotor shaft extending through the blower housing. 